When we say disease, most of us will think about real diseases like cancer, AIDS and etc. Gambling is compared to disease because it spreads like a real disease does. It cause people to behave badly and think negatively which a disease can cause too. Gambling is a bad habit already but many people are still doing it, it is like a disease where people cannot avoid.
Normally, we would gamble for fun but because it can also make us earn money, we treat as a source which is not good.
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It depends on one persons self control ...its all about yourself .as for me when you are addicted into something..activities or things etc.its always bad for you..especially in gambling when you gets so addicted into in and you can no longer control your self we can say yes a disease..because dicease have diffenrent type...one is past it on to one another and theres a disease that couldnt past it on just like mental disease..
I don't think that being addicted to something is bad at all. Just like what the popular saying that in every rule there is an exception, what if that addiction is very useful and beneficial to you? I know most of the addictions are really bad for one's mental and physical health and it can even break a family but don't generalize it.
Gambling is disease.same like addiction to drugs
There was researches done.Whan people gamble brain is emitating some chemic substances.
It is reason why is so hard to stop gamble
There was researches done.Whan people gamble brain is emitating some chemic substances.
It is reason why is so hard to stop gamble
Yes it is surely a disease without any cure you can connect gambling with cancer or hiv. The gambling addicting is really bad if you see alcohol or smoking has medications which can help one quit it forever but gambling addicting is a mindset and there is no cure
It depends on one persons self control ...its all about yourself .as for me when you are addicted into something..activities or things etc.its always bad for you..especially in gambling when you gets so addicted into in and you can no longer control your self we can say yes a disease..because dicease have diffenrent type...one is past it on to one another and theres a disease that couldnt past it on just like mental disease..
I don't think that being addicted to something is bad at all. Just like what the popular saying that in every rule there is an exception, what if that addiction is very useful and beneficial to you? I know most of the addictions are really bad for one's mental and physical health and it can even break a family but don't generalize it.It depends on one persons self control ...its all about yourself .as for me when you are addicted into something..activities or things etc.its always bad for you..especially in gambling when you gets so addicted into in and you can no longer control your self we can say yes a disease..because dicease have diffenrent type...one is past it on to one another and theres a disease that couldnt past it on just like mental disease..
I don't think that being addicted to something is bad at all. Just like what the popular saying that in every rule there is an exception, what if that addiction is very useful and beneficial to you? I know most of the addictions are really bad for one's mental and physical health and it can even break a family but don't generalize it. 
It depends on one persons self control ...its all about yourself .as for me when you are addicted into something..activities or things etc.its always bad for you..especially in gambling when you gets so addicted into in and you can no longer control your self we can say yes a disease..because dicease have diffenrent type...one is past it on to one another and theres a disease that couldnt past it on just like mental disease..
Any type of addiction can be termed as a mental illness. This includes addiction to gambling, drugs, alcohol.etc. If you are addicted to gambling, and you are unable to stop participating in such activities, then you need medical or psychiatric help.
You mean (mental) Illness = disease. We all have different point of views about gambling addiction as a disease or illness. Others are describing it as a problem and to tell you guys that having addiction can be categorized as a disease, you'll think of how you can get out of it. But still we can't argue on this thing as I've said before, we all have different meaning of what addiction really is and whatever the answer base on one's opinion, there's nothing with it.
Gambling addiction is not a disease. It is something a habitual adoption. Because, people stick to it experiencing good return, and the same won't let them go out of gambling even when they were experiencing continued failures leading to loss. This is all because of the considering gambling a regular habitual activity.
True, it is not a disease but is only a problem. Addicted gamblers seems like they have mental problems when it comes to their actions and they way they are seeing it. We know that an addicted gambler is having a hard time realizing what he is doing even if people around him are telling him how bad it is. In situations like this, the people who got hurt badly is the gambler's family and it is painful to see that it looks nothing for the gambler. At first i thought gambling addiction is a disease but now that im old enough ill definitely agree that it is really not a disease. Its just a problem that the gambler cant stop, they even dont know what are the things that pass by, what they did just to continue/fund their gambling.
I remembered one of my peer told me about her father. She told me that her father came from a well-known and rich family. But her father become addicted in gambling that he couldn't stop it even he is already a parent. He sell some stuff to finance his gambling and he even take drugs. Then it came to the point that he realized that he doesn't have anything now money, his daughter,wife, and stable job. And i merely believe that everything has a peak, when you reach the top you'll realize what your doing is not right so it is really not a disease.
When we have a behaviour problem that we can't stop by ourself(addiction in this case), that means we got a disease. If we let it remain unsolved, we can get a big disaster. Hence, addiction to anything is a disease.
For me, it is somewhat a disease already, why? Addiction for me is also sick. Once you've become attached to that addiction, you can never go out on that unless there is someone who will help you stop that addiction. Just like when we are sick, we need to medicate to make us well. I think it is also like that.
That makes sense. Definitely this is nothing but a disease. A wealthy person with a healthy mind goes in a casino on some friend’s request for some time. There he sees how people are doing and earning fake money that would be just going away from them the very next day. But still an image is built on this mind about greed of money and he comes out as poor person with diseases mind. 
Gambling addiction is not a disease. It is something a habitual adoption. Because, people stick to it experiencing good return, and the same won't let them go out of gambling even when they were experiencing continued failures leading to loss. This is all because of the considering gambling a regular habitual activity.
True, it is not a disease but is only a problem. Addicted gamblers seems like they have mental problems when it comes to their actions and they way they are seeing it. We know that an addicted gambler is having a hard time realizing what he is doing even if people around him are telling him how bad it is. In situations like this, the people who got hurt badly is the gambler's family and it is painful to see that it looks nothing for the gambler. At first i thought gambling addiction is a disease but now that im old enough ill definitely agree that it is really not a disease. Its just a problem that the gambler cant stop, they even dont know what are the things that pass by, what they did just to continue/fund their gambling.
I remembered one of my peer told me about her father. She told me that her father came from a well-known and rich family. But her father become addicted in gambling that he couldn't stop it even he is already a parent. He sell some stuff to finance his gambling and he even take drugs. Then it came to the point that he realized that he doesn't have anything now money, his daughter,wife, and stable job. And i merely believe that everything has a peak, when you reach the top you'll realize what your doing is not right so it is really not a disease.
It depends upon the situation of the person. If you're not in a good manner and a right conduct to handle your situation, you are in the case of can't get away through gambling. And if you're in the situation of a deeper addiction that's really kind of disease who can never been put gambling away from their own life.
Yes I truly deep down believe that gambling is a disease. The thing is, some people are able to control their disease while others are not.
The ones that can control it, example knowing when to stop, more or less have the control necessary so it doesn't ruin your life.
Gambling is not disease, but gambling addiction is disease. Gambling is just a game that if played with good self-control will only be an entertaining game. But if you're addicted to gambling it means you're not playing with good control. You're only going to get a bad thing if you're addicted, that's why gambling addiction is disease.The ones that can control it, example knowing when to stop, more or less have the control necessary so it doesn't ruin your life.
Yes I truly deep down believe that gambling is a disease. The thing is, some people are able to control their disease while others are not.
The ones that can control it, example knowing when to stop, more or less have the control necessary so it doesn't ruin your life.
The ones that can control it, example knowing when to stop, more or less have the control necessary so it doesn't ruin your life.
It depends. Sometimes plp get totally insane. There are support groups for gamblers who have hitted the bottom and want to quit bit cant on their own.
Agree. It really depends on the player, some people get addicted, some not, most of those who consider it as a disease just rely on statistic (the ratio of those who play and who becomes addicted, which is quite disappointing).But people all do not want the gambling to be spreaded everywhere in this world. If you completely investing money in gambling field that means you are already get addicted in this.
You please ignore whenever you find the continues lose.
After that few weeks later you may invest some fund on it mate.
Gambling addiction is not a disease. It is something a habitual adoption. Because, people stick to it experiencing good return, and the same won't let them go out of gambling even when they were experiencing continued failures leading to loss. This is all because of the considering gambling a regular habitual activity.
True, it is not a disease but is only a problem. Addicted gamblers seems like they have mental problems when it comes to their actions and they way they are seeing it. We know that an addicted gambler is having a hard time realizing what he is doing even if people around him are telling him how bad it is. In situations like this, the people who got hurt badly is the gambler's family and it is painful to see that it looks nothing for the gambler. It depends. Sometimes plp get totally insane. There are support groups for gamblers who have hitted the bottom and want to quit bit cant on their own.
Agree. It really depends on the player, some people get addicted, some not, most of those who consider it as a disease just rely on statistic (the ratio of those who play and who becomes addicted, which is quite disappointing).
It depends. Sometimes plp get totally insane. There are support groups for gamblers who have hitted the bottom and want to quit bit cant on their own.
Gambling addiction is not a disease. It is something a habitual adoption. Because, people stick to it experiencing good return, and the same won't let them go out of gambling even when they were experiencing continued failures leading to loss. This is all because of the considering gambling a regular habitual activity.
I agree , Gambling addiction came from the habit that gambling addicts cant control. Even myself cant think that gambling addiction is a disease. Gamblers just an addict because they have a thing that they want to achieve on playing. Stopping gambling addicts from playing gambling is quite hard but it is only depending on the gambler addict if he/she want to change. 
Gambling addiction is not a disease. It is something a habitual adoption. Because, people stick to it experiencing good return, and the same won't let them go out of gambling even when they were experiencing continued failures leading to loss. This is all because of the considering gambling a regular habitual activity.
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